IMMIGRATION TEST REVIEW

Being surrounded by people from your home country, not knowing english and not knowing American culture are all struggles associated with...

• racism

• assimilation

• patronage

• nativism

Immigrants most likley lived in areas called...

• Pogroms

• Ghetto

• Tenements

• Ethnic Neighborhoods

Why did the US open Ellis Island?

• To defend NY City from foriegn attack

• To process imported goods

• To process/check immigrants arriving from overseas

• To serve as a federal prison

Most immigrants settled in large citieds because

• farmland was too expensive

• jobs were available in factories

• there was abundant housing in cities

• they came from large cities in their home countries.

Gicve me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wrtetched refuse of your teeming shore,

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

-Emma Lazarus

What is the message of the above poem?

• encourage frred slaves to move back to Africa

• call for immigration restrictions

• greet new immigrants coming to the US.

• promote a quota system to be placed on immigrants

During the late 1800's and early 1900's anit-immigrant feelings increased mainly because these immigrants

• were from different cultural backgrounds from most Americans

• tried to replace American democracy with new forms of government.

• formed their own labor unions in order to receive higher wages.

• had education superior to most Americans

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• to limit immigration of certain ethnic groups

• to increase America's cultural diversity

• to treat Asian and European immigrants equally

• to relaocate Asian Americans

Which of the following statements was most likely made by a nativist?

• "Immigrants must search for oppurtiunity in the US"

• "We should do all we can to help immigrants assimilate into this great nation."

• "Immigrants steal jobs from real Americans!"

• "Immigrants help build this country."

Which of the following statements about immigration is most valid?

• Unions supported unlimited immigration

• Most immigramnts were illegal aliens

• Few immigrants came from western Europe

• Industrial growth led to a demand for cheap immigrant labor

Which of the following illustrates the concept of nativism?

• "Go west young man"

• "America - first in war and peace"

• "Help wanted - Chinese need not apply"